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8 The currency area's Q2 GDP was flat vs. Q1, just a year after exiting a recession. Germany's economy shrank and France's stalled. Meanwhile, Japan's Q2 GDP fell at an annual rate of 6.8% after a big April sales tax hike. In China, industrial and retail sales growth cooled, while lending and...

The article provides information on the economic outlook of China for 2008. Analysts note that the country's economic momentum has decelerated for the third consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2008 (Q108), as real gross domestic product (GDP) growth cooled to 10.6% year-on-year. However,...

4 The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.6% annual rate, the best since Q1 2012 and revised up sharply from the prior 2.8% reading. But that mostly reflects a huge surge in stockpiling, suggesting that Q4 GDP growth may be around 1%. Consumer spending growth cooled to 1.4%, the weakest since the end...

8 Industrial production and retail sales gains in China slowed sharply in the Jan.-Feb. period. Fixed-asset investment growth cooled to the slowest in 12 years, and real estate sales fell 3.7%. Inflation data were also weak. Japan revised its Q4 GDP growth down to 0.2% from 0.3% growth.

4 ISM's Nov. manufacturing index rose to the highest level since early 2011. ISM's services gauge dipped, but still signals growth, and new orders and exports pointed to underlying strength. Oct. new home sales soared 25%, but inventory and prices fell. Stronger business stockpiling in Q3 lifted...